In The Limits and Lies of Human Genetic Research, Jonathan Kaplan weighs in on the
controversial subject of the roles genes play in determining aspects of physical and …

Discussions of information produced by genetics research are often guided by two mistaken
theoretical moves. Enthusiasts tell us not to worry because genetic tinkering can alter only …

Social science and genetic science still have fairly little engagement with one another, but
the continued swift development of genetic science has certainly gained social scientists' …

Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences Page 1 Page 2 Biosocialities, Genetics and the
Social Sciences Investigations into the genetic make-up of humans have transformed the way …

Though widely used in quantitative genetics, in the study of human variation perhaps no
statistic is more easily misinterpreted than heritability. While the contribution of genetic …

Social science genetics is concerned with understanding whether, how and why genetic
differences between human beings are linked to differences in behaviours and …

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people
share a common genetic code, these genes" do not shout commands at us... at the very …

Some have recently declared that a hereditarian or more balanced approach has triumphed
over environmentalism as an explanatory tool for variation in the cognitive ability and …

We discuss some societal and legal ramifications of the human genetics revolution. Our
reflections were stimulated by discussions among scientists, citizens and legal experts at a …

The structure of human populations poses a number of questions to the historian,
demographer, and other students of human behavior. Only three aspects are relevant to …